1,644 km · Domestic

Denver (DEN) – Louisville Muhammad Ali (SDF)

In July 2026, 182 flights operated between Denver and Louisville Muhammad Ali (both directions), and 80.2% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2025Flights operated 2026Change vs last year
January158176▲ 11.4%
February124168▲ 35.5%
March124184▲ 48.4%
April180183▲ 1.7%
May195189▼ 3.1%
June186178▼ 4.3%
July193182▼ 5.7%
August188––
September180––
October186–in progress
November174––
December186––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)1,1601,260▲ 8.6%

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2025On-time departures 2026Change vs last year
January75.3%85.8%▲ 13.9%
February80.6%78.0%▼ 3.2%
March85.5%80.4%▼ 6.0%
April77.8%87.4%▲ 12.3%
May75.4%82.0%▲ 8.8%
June67.2%73.6%▲ 9.5%
July66.8%80.2%▲ 20.1%
August77.7%––
September83.3%––
October84.4%–in progress
November86.8%––
December72.6%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)75.5%81.1%▲ 7.3%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January610▲ 66.7%
February00–
March02–
April01–
May10▼ 100.0%
June220.0%
July10▼ 100.0%
August0––
September0––
October0–in progress
November4––
December0––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)1015▲ 50.0%

Airlines on this route

  1. United Airlines 65.2%
  2. Southwest Airlines 34.8%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

DEN → SDF

Scheduled flights
1,923
Flights operated
1,910
Cancelled
13 · 0.7%
On-time departures
76.3%

SDF → DEN

Scheduled flights
1,924
Flights operated
1,907
Cancelled
17 · 0.9%
On-time departures
83.4%

DEN → SDF and SDF → DEN counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
United Airlines UA 2,508 65.2% 84.4% 18
Southwest Airlines WN 1,339 34.8% 71.4% 12

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

US domestic sectors recorded by BTS

Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay09:00–10:002.4min · 857 recorded · 853 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour17.2min09:00 ↔ 17:00
Recorded flights3,847DEN–SDF

Departure hour

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00No observations———
01:00No observations———
02:00No observations———
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—3737
06:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—159162
07:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—4242
08:0089.1%7.5 min403409
09:0092.4%2.4 min853857
10:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—6161
11:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—125125
12:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—100100
13:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—144145
14:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—4041
15:0077.6%13.6 min682689
16:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—120121
17:0074.7%19.6 min680685
18:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—171171
19:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—103104
20:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—4747
21:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—5051
22:00No observations———
23:00No observations———

Day of week

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Monday80.5%11.7 min544550
Tuesday82.5%11.1 min538540
Wednesday83.6%10.0 min536540
Thursday76.2%15.1 min555555
Friday79.1%13.2 min550550
Saturday81.1%10.8 min529536
Sunday76.5%15.4 min565576

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Jan80.8%10.8 min334350
Feb79.1%13.6 min292292
Mar82.5%12.9 min308310
Apr82.6%11.9 min363364
May78.7%13.6 min384385
Jun70.3%19.6 min364368
Jul73.3%18.6 min375376
AugFewer than 200 measured departures—188188
SepFewer than 200 measured departures—180180
Oct88.2%4.6 min306306
Nov84.6%8.3 min351356
Dec80.1%10.0 min372372

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 79.3% 3,049
  • Delayed >15 min 20.0% 768
  • Cancelled 0.8% 30
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

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Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
UA1510 SDF → DEN 434 80.4%
UA1479 DEN → SDF 347 92.2%
UA2354 SDF → DEN 292 88.9%
UA1246 DEN → SDF 141 83.6%
UA700 DEN → SDF 141 93.6%
UA231 DEN → SDF 139 79.0%
WN2702 SDF → DEN 91 84.4%
UA1506 SDF → DEN 72 90.3%
WN3559 DEN → SDF 62 50.8%
UA514 DEN → SDF 56 71.4%
WN2413 DEN → SDF 56 76.8%
WN1664 DEN → SDF 50 50.0%
WN1297 SDF → DEN 42 78.6%
WN3530 SDF → DEN 42 87.8%
UA1969 SDF → DEN 39 84.2%
UA1561 SDF → DEN 37 97.2%
UA1847 DEN → SDF 37 88.9%
UA2459 SDF → DEN 37 94.6%
UA619 DEN → SDF 37 86.5%
UA703 SDF → DEN 37 94.4%
UA1575 DEN → SDF 36 88.9%
UA2027 DEN → SDF 36 72.2%
UA2324 SDF → DEN 36 66.7%
UA2690 DEN → SDF 36 50.0%
UA2303 DEN → SDF 35 54.3%
WN1141 DEN → SDF 34 47.1%
WN2386 SDF → DEN 34 91.2%
WN1712 DEN → SDF 33 51.5%
UA1180 SDF → DEN 32 96.9%
UA1293 DEN → SDF 32 93.8%
UA1329 DEN → SDF 32 78.1%
WN2137 SDF → DEN 32 87.5%
WN2505 DEN → SDF 31 61.3%
UA2660 SDF → DEN 30 73.3%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
July 2026 182 −5.7% 0 80.2%
June 2026 178 −4.3% 2 73.6%
May 2026 189 −3.1% 0 82.0%
April 2026 183 +1.7% 1 87.4%
March 2026 184 +48.4% 2 80.4%
February 2026 168 +35.5% 0 78.0%
January 2026 176 +11.4% 10 85.8%
December 2025 186 +0.0% 0 72.6%
November 2025 174 −1.7% 4 86.8%
October 2025 186 +55.0% 0 84.4%
September 2025 180 0 83.3%
August 2025 188 0 77.7%
July 2025 193 1 66.8%
June 2025 186 2 67.2%
May 2025 195 1 75.4%
April 2025 180 0 77.8%
March 2025 124 0 85.5%
February 2025 124 0 80.6%
January 2025 158 6 75.3%
December 2024 186 0 87.6%
November 2024 177 1 82.5%
October 2024 120 0 94.2%

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